Just because HopeForHaitiNow.org is a legitimate Web site does not mean that the .com, .net, .us, .info and .biz versions of the name are also legitimate.

There is a critical security bug in Adobe's Shockwave software and everyone using it should upgrade to the latest version. You can test which, if any, version of Shockwave is installed at an Adobe tester page. But, do you really need it?

Considering donating to Haiti? Here's the anatomy of one scam, involving a hacked website, designed to install malicious software on your computer.

I recently dealt with a new Lenovo ThinkPad T400 and here's what you might hear at the water cooler but won't find in any reviews.

A lesson learned the hard way regarding digital video cables and connectors.

Non-techies are too focused on antivirus software. This is a shame as there are more important things they can do to protect themselves. This is my short list, in priority sequence, of the most important defensive computing steps.

If you need to encrypt text data, such as a list of passwords, it doesn't get any easier than LockNote, free, portable open source software for Windows.

Restricted/standard users are the best Windows security feature that no one uses. Under Windows XP, they were impractical. Has Windows 7 finally rendered them realistic?

A hard drive is failing. Two different Windows XP machines can't see any data on the drive. But, Linux can and it let me rescue important files.

Portable Firefox lets Windows users maintain multiple, independent copies of the browser. Why not configure one copy for maximum security? This isn't as safe as running Firefox under Linux, but it's a step in the right direction.

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The Editor of ZDNet.com gets infected with scareware and approaches the problem from the wrong direction. It's an interesting lesson, one that shows how important it is to have disk image backups.

An expert offers tips on extending the life of batteries. Also, just how dead is your battery?

Installing Java in Windows XP makes many unnecessary changes to the operating system. I cover how to un-do some of them to keep the system as clean as possible.

Portable Windows applications lend themselves to being backed up. Just one reason of prefer them over normally installed applications.

Software company Malwarebytes has accused IObit of stealing their intellectual property, in the form of the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware database. And, they offer proof.